• Full Time, Ongoing Position
• $104,873 (based on skills and experience) and the option of salary packaging
• Western VACCA / Melton and Werribee

The Organisation

The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia. VACCA is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Central to VACCA’s work is the importance of connection to family, community and culture as essential to Aboriginal children’s safety, stability and ensuring that they have an ongoing sense of belonging.

About the role

The Western Family Violence Program manager is an established leadership position within VACCA. The position will be part of the relevant VACCA area-based leadership group which is led by an Executive Manager to whom this position reports directly.

The Western Family Violence Program manager will work in close partnership with VACCA Leadership group, VACCA Family Violence program team’s, the Hub Manager to lead high quality, culturally safe and effective responses to Aboriginal people seeking support around Family Violence services within both VACCA and the Orange Door, once it is up and running. Additionally, the Western Family Violence Program Manager will work to build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal services and communities within the VACCA and Networks to support for Aboriginal people.

About You

• Strong contemporary knowledge of Aboriginal culture, aspirations and self-determination
• Works collaboratively to drive cultural change
• Expert knowledge and practice leadership roles within Aboriginal services
• Systems thinking diagnoses trends, obstacles and opportunities in the internal and external environment; understands the linkages between natural systems and communities to inform policy; conceptualises and defines the systems working within the organisation
• Self-management: invites feedback on own behaviour and impact; uses new knowledge or information about self to build a broader understanding of own behaviour and the impact it has on others; understands strong emotional reactions and seeks ways to more effectively manage them.

Requirements:

• You must have and continue to hold a full Victorian Driver’s Licence; a current employment Working with Children Check card and a National Police Check.
• Current COVID-19 vaccination, including booster dose as applicable.

What we can offer you!!

• Professional support and training via in-house learning and development training modules
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay
• Great career development opportunities.
• Access to Employee support and wellbeing program(s)
• Opportunity to work and build connection with the Aboriginal Community and culture.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply.

Applications should include a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and current resume.

We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.

VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.

VACCA is an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy.

A position description is attached.